"Vakeel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... inform the mollah Nadan of my success, who appeared to listen with delight to the adventures of this couple, which I related to him with scrupulous detail. He directed me how to proceed, and informed me, in order to make the marriage lawful, that a vakeel, or trustee, must appear on the part of the woman, and another on that of the man. That the woman's vakeel having beforehand agreed upon the terms of the marriage, proceeded to ask the following question of the man's ...
— The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan • James Morier |
